Guillaume Verdier’s Career Path
Guillaume Verdier Design Office
2006-2007
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Race / 60′ Open Imoca
Design of the two new Open 60′ Imoca: Kito de Pavant’s Groupe Bel and Marc Guillemot’s Groupe Safran.
In association with the VPLP office.
- Race / Mini 6.50
Design of a 6.50 prototype for Sandrine Lescaudron
- Race / Class 40
Design of a Class40 for Giovanni Soldini
2004-2007
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Race / Class America
– Participation in the design of the Areva Challenge America Class for the Cup. – – Development of New Zealand boats TNZ 57 and TNZ 60 acquired by K Challenge. In collaboration with Areva Challenge’s design team..
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Race / Multihull
Structure of the appendages (rudders) of the Groupama 2 and Gitana 11 60 foot trimaran.
- Cruising / Monohull
- Design of Shipman 63, fast carbon cruiser. In collaboration with Michel Desjoyeaux (deck layout) and Michel Kermarec (fluids, VPP). - Design of Lansart 47 (fast ocean cruiser) – 2 units ongoing building.
2003-2004
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Race / 60′ Open Imoca
-Rehabilitation of the 60′ monohulls: Vincent Riou’s PRB, Sébastien Josse’s VMI, Dominique Wavre’s Temenos.
In collaboration with the Groupe Finot.. - Development of a generic fore-project for the construction of a new Open 60 Imoca. Race/ Hydraplaneur. - Shipyard follow-up of the Hydraplaneur « Médiatis – Région Aquitaine »
2001- 2003
- Race / Hydraplaneur
– Design of the hydraplaneur « Médiatis – Région Aquitaine » for Yves Parlier.
– Co-architect: Romaric Neyhousser.
-Other missions:
-Calculations for « Nordic Masts » carbon rigs.
-Restructuring of the IRC Solune 60 foot monohull.
-Rehabilitation of the 50 foot trimaran Région Archipel Guadeloupe for the Route du Rhum
NAVAL ARCHITECT IN GROUPE FINOT
1997-2001
Race /60′, 50′, 40′ Open
- Open 60 Fila (Giovanni Soldini): structural calculations,
– Open 50 Magellan alpha (Mike Garside),
- Open 60 Groupe 4 (Mike Golding),
– Open 60 Gartmore Investment (Josh Hall),
– Open 60 Somewhere (Marc Thiercelin),
– Open 60 Sodebo (Raphael Dinelli / Thomas Coville),
- Open 60 Temenos (Dominique Wavre),
- Open 60 PRB (Michel Desjoyeaux),
- Open 40 (Transpac), - Réhabilitation of the monohulls Aquitaine Innovation (Yves Parlier), Geodis (ex. C.Auguin).
Race / Monotoype
- Open 7.50.
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
1996-1997
- Member of the Naval Architecture Research Department of the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) (Skibs Og Hawntechnik).
- Research concerning the impact of waves on the hull, development of a calculation method for sailboat structures, development of calculation tools.
- Development of calculation methods to optimize sailboats, notably in composite materials.
- Development of the MADSYS calculation software (© Guillaume Verdier).